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Huawei EMUI/HarmonyOS EUVDEUVD-2025-201675

| CVE-2025-66325 MEDIUM
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CWE-264)
2025-12-08 psirt@huawei.com
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Install malicious app on device
  2. Exploit
    Abuse package management permission-control flaw
  3. Impact
    Read protected service data

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2021 - Vulnerable and Outdated Components
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Permission and access control
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires local code execution on the affected Huawei device with low privileges already granted (CVSS AV:L/PR:L) - in practice, an attacker-controlled or compromised application installed on an EMUI 12.0.0-15.0.0 or HarmonyOS 2.0.0-4.3.1 device that then abuses the package management module's permission control to access data beyond its authorization. No user interaction is required (UI:N), but the dependency on prior local app presence and some existing privilege level, combined with confidentiality-only impact (no integrity or availability effect), substantially limits real-world risk; there is no remote or network-based path.

Impact

This is a genuinely low-priority issue despite the MEDIUM 5.5 CVSS rating, and the signals are internally consistent rather than conflicting. The CVSS vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) describes a local, low-privilege flaw with no integrity or availability impact - exploitation requires code already executing on the device (e.g., a malicious or compromised app with some privileges), not a remote network path. The EPSS score of 0.01% (1st percentile) is extremely low and aligns with the local attack vector and the absence of any exploit tooling. This CVE is NOT in CISA KEV and no public POC is referenced, so there is no evidence of active exploitation or weaponization. The only elevated metric is confidentiality (C:H), meaning a successful exploit discloses protected data but cannot modify it or disrupt service. Net assessment: a defense-in-depth mobile OS permission-control weakness worth patching in routine cycles, not an emergency. No key signals conflict; the main limitation is the sparse vendor description, which does not name the specific data exposed.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A malicious application installed on a Huawei EMUI or HarmonyOS device abuses a permission-control weakness in the package management module to read data it should not be able to access, breaching the confidentiality of another app or service. Because the CVSS vector is local with low privileges required (AV:L/PR:L), the attacker must already have an app running on the device rather than attacking it remotely. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv2 – Oct 07, 2026

Permission-control failures in the Huawei EMUI and HarmonyOS package management module let a low-privileged application already running on the device read data outside its authorized scope, with impact confined to confidentiality and no effect on integrity or availability. Affected builds span EMUI 12.0.0 through 15.0.0 and HarmonyOS 2.0.0 through 4.3.1, and successful abuse requires prior local code execution at low privilege (CVSS 3.1 AV:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) with no user interaction. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no confirmed active exploitation; with an EPSS score of 0.01% (1st percentile) the practical risk is low and any attack is device-local, dependent on an attacker-controlled or compromised app already present on the handset. Vendor-released fixes are documented in Huawei's December 2025 consumer security bulletin.

Earlier versions of this analysis (1)
v1 Mar 15, 2026 - 17:54 CVSS 6.2

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: consult the Huawei consumer security bulletin for December 2025 (https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2025/12/) and apply the OTA firmware update it lists for the specific device model and build - Huawei distributes fixes per model and region, so the patched build number (for example a 12.0.0.xxx, 13.0.0.xxx, 14.2.0.xxx, 15.0.0.xxx or HarmonyOS 4.x build) must be taken from the bulletin rather than assumed. Because exploitation requires a low-privileged, locally executing app, the strongest compensating controls until the update is installed are app-installation hygiene and permission discipline: restrict installs to the trusted Huawei AppGallery storefront and enable the built-in malware/virus scanning and Pure Mode style protections that block sideloaded or unverified packages, with the trade-off that legitimate sideloading and developer workflows become inconvenient or blocked. Audit and revoke unnecessary runtime permissions from installed applications and remove any app that is unknown or suspected of being compromised, since deleting the malicious package removes the local execution prerequisite entirely; corporate-managed fleets can additionally confine unvetted apps to a restricted work profile or managed container. Note that mobile endpoint detection is limited, so these are preventive rather than detective controls, and none of them substitute for the vendor patch, which eliminates the underlying access-control defect in the package management module.

Affected VersionsENISA

EMUI 14.0.0
HarmonyOS 4.2.0
EMUI 15.0.0
HarmonyOS 3.1.0
EMUI 12.0.0
EMUI 13.0.0
HarmonyOS 2.0.0
HarmonyOS 3.0.0
HarmonyOS 4.3.0
EMUI 14.2.0
HarmonyOS 4.3.1
HarmonyOS 4.0.0

Affected Packages

euvd emui no fix
euvd harmonyos no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 2 packages in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The flaw is classified under CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls), a deprecated parent that maps to CWE-284 Improper Access Control, and in practice means the package management module fails to correctly enforce ownership, privilege, or access checks when an app requests package-related operations. The package manager is the component that installs, upgrades, uninstalls, and grants permissions to applications, so a missing or incorrectly scoped check gives a low-privileged app a path to package metadata or application data belonging to another package or user context. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N makes the threat model explicit: the attacker must already have local execution on the target EMUI/HarmonyOS handset (AV:L) with some low privileges granted (PR:L), no victim interaction is needed (UI:N), the scope stays unchanged across security authorities (S:U), and only confidentiality is impacted at high severity while integrity and availability are untouched - consistent with a disclosure rather than a tampering or denial-of-service primitive. CPE data confirms the affected platform images are Huawei EMUI 12.0.0, 13.0.0, 14.0.0, 14.2.0 and 15.0.0, plus HarmonyOS 2.0.0, 3.0.0, 3.1.0, 4.0.0 and 4.2.0, with the EUVD entry further listing HarmonyOS 4.3.0 and 4.3.1. Because the vector is entirely local, sandboxing and the on-device app permission model are the primary controls standing between a malicious app and the over-permissive package manager call, and there is no network-reachable attack surface described in this CVE.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.5 MEDIUM

Requires a local app with low privilege (AV:L/PR:L), no user interaction, and the permission-control flaw discloses data only, so C:H with I:N/A:N.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
CVSS changed
Oct 07, 2026 - 20:22 NVD
6.2 (MEDIUM) 5.5 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
Dec 08, 2025 - 09:15 nvd
MEDIUM 5.5
CVE Published
Dec 08, 2025 - 09:15 nvd
MEDIUM 6.2

DescriptionNVD

Permission control vulnerability in the package management module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

CVE-2025-66325 presents moderate security risk rated CVSS 6.2. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and monitor for exploitation.

Business Impact: Low
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: restrict network access and enable monitoring.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.0%
Top 99% exploitable
Prevalence
High
Huawei EMUI/HarmonyOS ship on hundreds of millions of consumer devices
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.0%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact
Low

Priority Score

28
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +28
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.

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